Folding washstand.



O. D. EWELL.

FOLDING WASHSTAND APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, was.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

OCH: D. EWELL GUM/1421 4! OGIE 1D. EW'ELL, OF BELLEVUE, TEXAS.

FOLDING WASHSTAND.

Application filed November 22, 1915.

To all whom it may concern.

Be-it known that I, 001E D. EWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bellevue, R. F. D. No. 1, in the county of Montague, Stateof Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding iVashstands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to furniture and has for its object the provisionof a washstand which is foldable so as to occupy but little space whennot in use.

An important object is the provision of a. foldable washstand soconstructed that when extended for use it will be rigid and strong.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which willbe simple and inexpensive to manufacture, sanitary, convenient in useand a general improvement of the art.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, my inventionconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of mydevice extended for use,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, parts being broken away,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device in its folded position,

Fig. 5 is a front elevation thereof, and

Fig. 6 is a top plan view.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral 10 designates apair of spaced uprights which form the main portion of the supportingframe of my device and which are connected adjacent their upper ends bya transverse rod 11, intermediate their ends by a transverse rod 12 andadjacent the lower ends by a rod 13. The other supporting portion of mydevice comprises a pair of spaced uprights 14 curved rearwardly at theirlower ends as shown at 15, and forwardly curved at their upper ends asshown at 16, the upper ends terminating in reduced extensions 17 whichform shoulders 18. lhe uprights 14 are connected adjacent their lowerportions by a transverse Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented net. is, ieiv'. Serial no. 62,828.

rod 19 and are connected with 10 by inserting the within holes in thethe uprights reduced extensions 17 upper ends of the uprights 10 andthen preferably bolting them in place. hen the uprights 10 are thussecured to the uprights 14, the shoulders 18 abutting against theuprights 10 will prevent wabbling of the uprights relatively to eachother. In practice, the elements 10 and 14 are constructed of metal, anddue to this fact, and the peculiar curvature of the elements 15 and 16which carry the lower ends of the supports 14 well to the rear of thelower ends of the elements 10, all danger of the forward tipping of thedevice, when the parts thereof are extended, is avoided.

In order to form a supporting platform or shelf for holding a wash bowlor the like, I provide a pair of brackets 20 having ears 21 straddlingears 22 formed on the forward edges of the uprights 10. Pintles 23extend through these alined ears for holding the brackets upon theuprights and at the same time allowing rotation thereof. Above thebrackets 20, the uprights 10 are provided with ears 24 between which ispivoted a shelf 25 adapted to rest upon and be supported in a horizontalposition by the brackets 20.

A soap dish 26 is supported upon the uppermost transverse rod 11 as byforming it of tin or the like and bending its rear portion 27 around therod.

also provide a folding drawer which comprises a casing 28 having adrawer 29 slidable therein. and provided with the usual knob 30. Thecasing 28 is connected with the main supporting frame by means of clips31 screwed upon the upper portion of the rear end of the casing 28 andsurrounding the lowermost transverse rod 13. The drawer casing 28 issupported by a pair of brackets 32 having ears 33 straddling ears 34formed on the forward edges of the lower portions of the uprights 10 andsecured by pintles 35.

ien the device is in use, the brackets 20 extend forwardly from theuprights 10 and support the shelf 25 which rests upon them in ahorizontal position ready for the holding of a wash bowl or the like.The drawer casing 28 is also extended forwardly from the supportingframe and rests in a horizontal position upon the brackets 32. Thedrawer 29 may conveniently be used dropped downwardly and will bedisposed in a vertical position outwardly of the brackets 20. The drawercasing 28 is then swungupwardly and a screw eye 36 carried thereby isengaged upon a hook 37 carried by the intermediate transverse rod 12.The brackets 32 are then swung inwardly upon each other. When the deviceis so folded it will appear as in Figs. at, 5 and 6 of the drawing andwill occupy but little space when pushed against the wall of a room.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawing it will beapparent that I have thus provided a novel, simple and efiicientwashstand which may be folded into a small space when not in use, whichmay be readily extended ready for use and which will be sanitary andneat in appearance.

It will be readily understood that I reserve the right to make variouschanges in the form, construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the the invention or limiting the scopeof the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A wash stand comprising in combination, a pair of spaced uprights,transverse rods connecting said uprights and forming therewith a frame,a pair of braces secured to the uprights at their upper ends and curvingbackwardly and downwardly to form a pair of rear legs, a shelf pivotedacross the uprights near their upper ends, a pair of brackets hinged toswing horizontally below the shelf to support the latter, a drawercasing pivoted between the standards and adapted to be swungtherebetween with its lower face in a plane common with the fronts ofthe uprights, a pair of inwardly and horizontally swinging brackets tosupport the drawer casing, said drawer casing lying to the rear of theshelf when both are in folded position and means for locking the drawercasing in folded position.

In testimony whereof, I affiX my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

OGIE D. EVVELL.

l/Vitnesses C. O. Hurornson, A. J. TURNER.

Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. G.

